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Forethought: Cut spent heads of phlox and throw them
where they can grow to increase your supply of bloom. Pot
geranium cuttings. Cut the dead cane on raspberries and
blackberries and burn them. Burn peony tops. Plant lilacs
and mulch with manure around small plants. Make border chan
ges now. Peat moss should be thoroughly and evenly mixed in
soil to hold moisture. Mulch strawberry beds with soft
mellow hay or straw when the ground is frozen.

In the report of exhibits by the Assistant Secretary a
Spanish chestnut from the Highlands brought out the question
of the difference between the Chinese and Spanish chestnuts.
The former are smaller than the latter. There is a native
chestnut tree near Cincinatti, other side of Brinklow
which is bearing nuts.

The meteorologist reported that the gauge had actually
been damp two or three times in the past month. The average
temperature was 80*.

In the question period there was a discusion about the
black widow spiders which some have been seeing. It was
generally thought that it was not too late to start a new
lawn. The bark is loosening from oak trees causing them
to die - the origin unknown for this condition. Maples that
have died may have done so from "root lock" - crowding of the
roots over the top of each other. Grass was revived by the
use of an enrichener called V H P F plus water and some
spading of the ground. The "slow worm" is the gardeners'
friend as it eats grubs. The wild flower passed around at
the previous meeting was called Lady's Tresses and is a form
of orchid.

William Hill commented that we were hearing about a
great many troubles in growing tree, gardens, etc. but he
thought our capacity for happiness was amazing with it all.

A committee consisting of Jack and Helen Bentley was
named to visit Mary B. Brooke who had had an automobile
accident recently.

There were expressions of our having missed the regular
secretary which were to be conveyed to her.

The meeting then adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Mary Moore Miller
Mary Moore Miller, Sec'y. Pro Tem